Welcome to UGB Writing!

Please be sure to include a heading on your papers as shown below:

Please double space the lines.

Name
January X, 2013 <-- date the first draft is due
UGB Writing
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Please be familiar with the information on the Writing Center's website regarding the WSPT:
http://uc.odu.edu/elt/testing/placement/



Below is a calendar so that you can keep track of assignments.

1/14
NO CLASS
1/16
Syllabus
Essay:
Who has influenced you the most in your life?
1/18

1/21
1/23
Due today- Rough draft :
Narrative 350-400 words (30 points)
*Please type, double-space & use heading (as shown above)
TOPIC SUGGESTIONS:

1/25
Narrative: In class rewrite (50 points)
BRING LAPTOPS
Due today: WR - Read Sections G2 + do DEWR pages 51-57 (30 points)
1/28
Due today-
  • Read Types of Essays pages 60-61(on Wiki under Resources page). Do Questions for Analysis, p 61 [15 points]
  • Do Advanced 1-3 and submit results to my email - mfernand@odu.edu (10 points):
http://wps.ablongman.com/long_licklider_vocabulary_2/6/1627/416757.cw/index.html
1/30
Practice for Quiz:
http://englishteststore.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=55&Itemid=281
Due today:
2.
Read & be prepared to discuss for class:

2/1
Quiz - Verb Tenses (25 points)
Due today:
Practice: Verb Tenses worksheet (15 points)
2/4
Due today-Rough draft:
  • Describing a Scene 350-400 words
*Please type, double-space & use heading (as shown above) [30 points]
On a separate sheet of paper, include proper citation (bibliography) of what you observed. If you are not sure how to document, see A Writer's Reference
    • DVD - p 422 #61
    • live performance - p 423 # 67
    • work of art - p 423 #69
  • Do Advanced 4-7 and submit results to my email - mfernand@odu.edu:
http://wps.ablongman.com/long_licklider_vocabulary_2/6/1627/416757.cw/index.html
2/6
Bring your laptops or tablets so that you can open up Types of Essays. Otherwise, please print out pages 81, 82, 84
2/8
In-class rewrite:
BRING LAPTOPS & FOLDERS (if you didn't submit your folder on Monday)
Due today:
Read WR page 373
  • Research paper topic + bibliography (10 points)
2/11
Due today-Rough draft:
  • Cause Effect 350-400 words
*Please type, double-space & use heading (as shown above) [30 points]
Topic suggestions:
  1. Describe how not working very hard in high school may impact your performance in university.
  2. Choose an invention or technological innovation and discuss how it has had a profound effect on the world. (or has affected your family/local community/nation).
  • Do Advanced 8-10 and submit results to my email - mfernand@odu.edu:
http://wps.ablongman.com/long_licklider_vocabulary_2/6/1627/416757.cw/index.html
2/13
Due today:
READ
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/563/1/
Bring A Writer's Reference to class.
2/15
In-class rewrite:
BRING LAPTOPS & FOLDERS (if you didn't submit your folder on Monday)
2/18
BRING WRITER'S REFERENCE to class
Due today
  • Do Advanced 1-3 and submit results to my email - mfernand@odu.edu:
http://wps.ablongman.com/long_licklider_vocabulary_2/6/1626/416421.cw/index.html
2/20
BRING WRITER'S REFERENCE to class
Due today:
If you're writing your research paper MLA style--read WR pages 379-388
If you're writing your research paper APA style--read WR 448-458
*There will be some form of evaluation that you've done the reading.
2/22
Research paper conferences--BRING ALL RELATED MATERIAL
Print or bring a tablet/laptop to read types of essays pages 74-77 (DESCRIBING A PROCESS)
Due today:
If you're writing your research paper MLA style--read WR pages 388-389
If you're writing your research paper APA style--read WR 458-459
*There will be some form of evaluation that you've done the reading.
2/25
  • Due today-Rough draft:
    • Describing a Process 350-400 words
    *Please type, double-space & use heading (as shown above) [30 points]
    Topic suggestions:
1. Explain how you chose to attend ODU.
2. Explain how you chose your major.
3. Describe your own process for how you write an essay.
  • Do Advanced 4-6 and submit results to my email - mfernand@odu.edu:
http://wps.ablongman.com/long_licklider_vocabulary_2/6/1626/416421.cw/index.html
2/27
3/1
In-class rewrite:
BRING LAPTOPS & FOLDERS
Due today:
  • Research paper - Notetaking
    • See Wiki Page "Notetaking - Research Paper"
3/4
Due today:
  • Read Types of Essays: Making Comparisons and Contrasts pages 94-97 - Do Questions for Analysis page 97
  • Do Advanced 7-10 and submit results to my email - mfernand@odu.edu:
http://wps.ablongman.com/long_licklider_vocabulary_2/6/1626/416421.cw/index.html
3/6
3/8
Due today:
Construct an outline comparing costs at ODU vs. another school you considered. Consider tuition, housing, etc.
In-class writing:
BRING LAPTOPS & outlines
3/11
NO CLASS
3/13
NO CLASS
3/15
NO CLASS
3/18
Bring your laptops or tablets so that you can open up Types of Essays. Otherwise, please print out pages 102-106
Due today:
  • Read Types of Essays: Persuading an Audience pages 109-114- Do Questions for Analysis page 111 and page 121
3/20
Due today:
  • Read WR - pages 134- 136 (Section S7)
  • Do DEWR - pages 25-27
3/22
Due today:
http://english.sxu.edu/musgrove/combine.html
3/25

3/27
Due today:
Sentence Combining & Revising worksheet
3/29
In-class writing:
BRING LAPTOPS & outlines
Due today: Research paper - 1st draft due
4/1
Due today:
Exercise Two: Global Warming
Quiz-Sentence Combining
4/3
Due today:
  • Read Types of Essays: Summarizing and Responding- pages 116-123 --Do Questions for Analysis page 117 and page 121
Bring your laptops or tablets so that you can open up Types of Essays. Otherwise, please print out pages 116-123
4/5
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4/8
4/10
4/12
Due today: Research paper: include notes and works cited page (70 points)
4/15
Due today:
Read WR pages 126-128 (Section S5)
Do DEWR pages 18-19
4/17
Due today:
Read WR pages 111-117
Do DEWR pages 1-2
4/19
WRITING SAMPLE PLACEMENT TEST (WSPT) - in class - BRING LAPTOPS - Transitions/Adjectives Handouts ok
BE ON TIME
4/22
Due today:
http://www.towson.edu/ows/exerciseparal2.htm
Quiz-Parallel Structure
http://wps.prenhall.com/hss_harris_phrefguide_1/56/14508/3714243.cw/content/index.html
4/24
http://www.better-english.com/grammar/adjord.htm
4/26
4/29
I will be in BAL classroom --you can come pick up your research papers and conference with me if you have any questions on it.
5/1